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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 5659954" data-attributes="member: 19675">The Lone Ranger was a classic American Western Radio and TV series about a wandering do-gooder known only as the Lone Ranger.  He was a masked white man who rode a white horse (Silver) and had a Native American (Potawatomi tribe) sidekick, Tonto, who was nearly as capable a marksman and combatant as he.In the radio series, he was played by John Todd, an Englishman, but once adapted to television, the role was played by Jay Silverheels (a Mowhawk)- one of the few early positive portrayals of a Native American on early TV, and a recurring role at that.In modern Hollywood?  No, because Hollywood has been trying to shed itself of a legacy of casting heavily made up white people as members of other races.  All the charicatures of blacks aside, there were some pretty outrageous castings.The Charlie Chan character was originally portrayed by Asian (if not actually Chinese) actors.  But the films didn't do well.  This was blamed on the lead actors- right or wrong, and the next 3 actors in the role were all white men- the Swede Warner Oland, Sidney Toler, and Roland Winters- in "yellow face."  Similarly, John Wayne played Ghengis Khan!To put it differently, it isn't crucial to have every German played by German actors- any Caucasian will do, generally speaking.  Japanese actors can portray Koreans.But in a Hollywood still dominated by Caucasians, having Caucasians play non-Whites when there are actors of color trying to get more than bit roles, Depp as Tonto is a step back.  Depp could have been cast as the the Lone Ranger himself.  He could also have portrayed the main villain, or that character's hired gun.But Tonto?</blockquote>

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